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WHIP RAGK.

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Patenteh June 2, 1896.

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WHIP RACK.

Patented June 2, 1896.

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NITED STATEs WILLIAM TEMPLE, OF NEW YORK, N.- Y.

WHIP- RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 561,243, dated June 2, 1896.

Application filed July 25, 1895.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM TEMPLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WVhip-Racks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make'and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Heretofore racks for holding whips, brooms, and like articles have generally been con structed with a suitable base, from which arises a central stock or rod, carrying a series of perforated or peripherally-notched disks adapted to accommodate a plurality of articles of the classes named. In some instances the rack is made revoluble,-and also adapted to be hung from a suitable support, as well as to rest on the ground.

The present invention contemplates theprovision of a superior and ornamental whip-rack of the class mentioned; and it consists, first, in certain novel features and combinations in the whip engaging and supporting disks; secondly, in certain improvements in the means whereby the rack is made revoluble, and, further, in other novel arrangements and combinations, which will be more fully described hereinafter, and finally embodied in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation showing whips in position; Fig. 2, a perspective view of portions of the whip-holding devices, showing the manner of engaging the whips; Fig. 3, an enlarged 1ongitudinal sectional view, and Figs. 4, 5, and 6 enlarged detail views of the whip-holding devices.

A represents a suitable base or standard screw-threaded at 1 to receive the end of an upwardly-projecting rod 2, upon which are carried the operative parts of the structure, as will hereinafter be explained. This rod, for the sake of convenience, is formed in two sections 3 and 4, respectively, the lower section 4 being screw-threaded to receive the upper section, as clearly shown at 5, and the upper Serial No. 557,155. (No model.)

section being preferably of less diameter than the lower for the sake-of lightness, and is provided with an eye 6, whereby the whole device may be suspended, as will appear hereinafter.

. All of the rotatable parts of the present invention are carried on a sleeve loosely mounted on the rod 2, and this sleeve is formed in two sections 7 and 8, respectively, the upper section '7 being of less diameter than the lower and provided with a boss 9, which is internally screw-threaded at 10 to receive the upper end of the lower section 8.

The whip-holding devices or disks are shown at 12, 13, and 14, respectively, and will be described in their order, as will also the means ,whereby they are affixed to the rotatable sleeve 2. These disks maybe of any desired shape; but I will describe the preferred form.

The lowest and largest disk 12 is, in the present instance, made hexagonal and has formed therein adjacent to each side a series of sockets, adapted to receive the butts of the whips, as shown at 15, the rim of the disk being connected to aspider 16, centrally bored at 17. The whole disk is clamped on the lower section 8 of the rotatable sleeve, between screw-threaded jam-nuts 18.

The middle or central disk 13 is smaller than the lower disk and is also of hexagonal form, its sides being provided with a series of notches, as shown at 19, corresponding to the sockets in the lower disk. This disk is carried on a spider 20, apertured at 21,where it is received on the rotatable sleeve.

Heretofore whip-racks, especially displayracks, have afforded inadequate protection against thievery, and I will now describe the means whereby this difficulty is overcome.

I provide a frame formed of two separate semihexagonal portions 22 and 23, respectively, each of which is hinged to one apex of the disk 13, as shown at 24, and is grooved, as at 25, for the reception of the edge of said disk. This frame is also provided with a series of notches 25 corresponding'to those in the disk, and I prefer to employ a flexible notched strip 25", connected to the respective I portions of the frame, and whereby whips of different sizes may be accommodated in the rack. Coincident eyes 26 and 27 on each por- IOO tion of the frame adapt it to be locked together by a. suitable padlock or looking device 28.

The whole disk is held rigidly between a screw-threaded jam-nut 29 on the lower section 8 of the rotatable sleeve and the boss 9 of the upper section of the said sleeve.

I will now proceed to a description of the highest and preferably smallest Whip-holding disk 1 4. This consists of two hexagonal backing or reinforcing plates 30 and 31, respectively, each of which is centrally apertured at 32 for the reception of the end of the upper section 7 of the rotatable sleeve. A central hexagonal flexible rubber disk is shown at 33 and is adapted to be held between the said backing or reinforcing plates. This flexible rubber disk 37 is of necessity centrally apertured at 38, and its respective edges are so slotted and notched as to provide the whipreeeiving holes 30 and the flexible heads 4-0, whereby sidewise entrance to these holes is normally kept closed. The respective backin g-plates and the flexible disk are all secured on the upper section 7 of the rotatable sleeve by means of jam-nuts 41 and 42.

By my improved construction a superior whip-rack is provided, owing to its portability, adaptability, and compactness. All trouble from thievery is also obviated and without any detraction from the ornamentality of the device.

Iavin g thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a whip-rack, the combination of a base, a rod arising therefrom, a rotatable sleeve mounted on the said rod, and whipholding means connected to the sleeve which consist of a disk on which the butts of the whips rest, another disk peripherally notched or recessed to receive the whips, and a looking or confining device for holding the whips in the notches, which locking device comprises a frame having one portion pivoted to the disk, and its remaining free portion adapted to abut on the edge of the disk, and a. lock for locking the frame in position, substantially as described.

2. A whip-rack comprising a series of disks suitably connected together, one of the disks serving as a base on which the butts of the whips rest, another provided with a looking or confining device whereby the whips may be held against removal when desired, and a third being provided with resilient or elastic devices whereby the upper ends of the whips. are held in. position, substantially as described.

V A whip-holding device comprising a disk peripherally notched or recessed to receive the whips, in combination with a frame of such crosssection as to embrace the edge of the disk and having a portion pivoted to the disk and a free portion adapted to girdle the disk, means being provided for locking the frame in position around the disk, and a strip of flexible material secured to the frame and also provided with notches to fit the whips, substantially as described.

4. A whip-rack comprising the combination of a base, a rod arising therefrom and terminatin g in an eye at its upper end, a rotatable sleeve carried on the said rod, and whip-retaining devices connected to and carried by the said sleeve, which are as follows: a lower support for the butts of the whips, an intermediate disk provided with means whereby the whips may be locked or secured thereto against abstraction by unauthorized persons, and an upper disk having flexible devices for holding the upper portions of the whips, substantially as described.

In a whip-rack, the combination with a disk, and a locking or confining device there for adapted for holding the whips in position, of another whip retaining device suitably connected to the first-named disk and comprising a second disk provided with a series of perforations for the reception of the whips, and slits out inward from its outer edge thereby affording communication with the perforations, and flexible heads which tend to keep the whips in the perforations.

(3. In a whip-rack, the combination with. a lower support provided with sockets for the reception of the whips, of another whip-retaining device comprising a peripherallynotched disk, and a locking or confining frame having a portion pivoted to the disk and a free portion adapted to girdle the disk, a strip of flexible material connected to the frame and adapted to abut 011 and hold the whips in the notches in the upper disk, a lock for bolding the frame in position, and a suitable connection between the support and the disk.

7. In a whip-rack, the combination with a lower support provided with sockets for the reception of the butts of the whips, of a whipretaining device consisting of a disk provided with a series of perforations for the reception of the whips, and slits cut inward from its outer edge, thereby affording communication with the perforations,and flexible heads which tend to keep the whips in the perforations.

In witness whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM TEMPLE. \Vitnesscs:

W. W. Cook, FRANK MOREHEAD. 

